Hi guys,

 

If I've made a mod which I only want to be used by people I choose, how do I prevent my mod from being used by others? Is there a way I can add some sort of license key to my mod? I don't have any experience with writing scripts yet. Can you help me?

 

Kind regards,

Bart

12 minutes ago, bartofzo said:

Hi guys,

 

If I've made a mod which I only want to be used by people I choose, how do I prevent my mod from being used by others? Is there a way I can add some sort of license key to my mod? I don't have any experience with writing scripts yet. Can you help me?

 

Kind regards,

Bart

 

There's really nothing you can do except hope the people you trust don't redistribute it - or just don't give it to people.

 

27 minutes ago, TheForecaster said:

 

There's really nothing you can do except hope the people you trust don't redistribute it - or just don't give it to people.

 

 

But how do creators of big mods like the upcoming Coastal Callouts arrange there closed beta's? If you donate, you get beta access, but people with the mod can easily share it. Is it all about trust?

16 minutes ago, bartofzo said:

 

But how do creators of big mods like the upcoming Coastal Callouts arrange there closed beta's? If you donate, you get beta access, but people with the mod can easily share it. Is it all about trust?

 

I'm pretty sure it is.  I don't know for sure how the author for CC has it set up.

1 hour ago, bartofzo said:

 

But how do creators of big mods like the upcoming Coastal Callouts arrange there closed beta's? If you donate, you get beta access, but people with the mod can easily share it. Is it all about trust?

Mostly - yes. LSPDFR also has a beta programme, and we haven't had a leak.

14 minutes ago, Cyan said:

Mostly - yes. LSPDFR also has a beta programme, and we haven't had a leak.

How does the beta programme work?

Trust pretty much, you could probably make a web api that checks the IP its coming from though, would be a bit stupid though

1 minute ago, Raddz said:

Trust pretty much, you could probably make a web api that checks the IP its coming from though, would be a bit stupid though

Yeah, it's stupid, but the dutch community is not as friendly as this one. I have no experience with making an api, so I guess that wouldn't be easy..

Just now, bartofzo said:

Yeah, it's stupid, but the dutch community is not as friendly as this one. I have no experience with making an api, so I guess that wouldn't be easy..

neither is the British , I just give out early access mods to people I know and trust and haven't had a problem yet!

35 minutes ago, bartofzo said:

How does the beta programme work?

There are certain trusted members of the community that get entrusted with beta versions, in return it is expected that they provide feedback.